Guidance

Petrol: hydrocarbon chemical incident information

Information on petrol for use in responding to chemical incidents.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 31 May 2024
• Last updated: 3 June 2024 — See all updates

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Petrol: general information

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This guidance provides information on the health effects of petrol exposure and petrol’s toxicity in the event of an incident.

Additional guidance on ‘Petrol: incident management’ and ‘Petrol: toxicological overview’ was previously published by Public Health England (PHE).

Published 31 May 2024
Last updated 3 June 2024 + show all updates

1. 3 June 2024

   Removed out-of-date information about the EU.

2. 31 May 2024

   First published.